We just put our heating on, the house had dropped to 12C and was starting to get damp. This year it costs £30 per day to heat the house, last year that was £10.
Electric prices here have dropped a lot from their peak a few months ago, at one point we were paying about £1.30 per kwh now we're back down to about 45p. we pay an hourly price which varies a lot.
Here's todays prices, this is the price of electric and doesn't count taxes or transmission fees. between 5pm and 8pm we have to add 2.5kr to the price shown here the rest of the time it's 1.5kr extra. so to give it in pounds the cheapest price today was at 1am and cost 31p and the most expensive is going to be 6pm where it will cost 60p.
Wow - that's frightening. £30/day just to keep warm in winter isn't right. I simply couldn't afford that. I'm guessing you don't use gas.
I keep a record of my usage based on using the same amount of gas/leccy What I paid in 2018 compared with what I'm paying as of Oct 2022 So it's jumped from £1520 in 2018 to £4,594 in 2022
Mar2018
Elec unit
13.419
£1,056.54
Elec daily
25.862
Gas unit
2.163
£464.31
Gas daily
21.725
£1,520.85
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I kept the amounts used at 2015 levels so I could compare like for like each year. I've just checked and according to BG I now use more.. is that a lot..?
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
It's a typical 3 bed semi that I've recently extended back and front. I know my boiler is oversized at 42Kw (combi) but I chose that so I get good shower pressure without a pump. Downstairs I have wet underfloor heating in the 10ft extension which comfortably warms the rest of the existing lounge and dining room - about 21c during the day. The rest of the downstairs is about 19C I've got 1 rad in the kitchen, 1 in the hall and 1 in the wc/shower Upstairs 1 rad in the bathroom and 1 rad in my bedroom set low. The other 2 bedrooms I leave the rads on 1 so they're barely heated. The only gas I use for cooking is a single wok burner.
My loft has about 2" of insulation probably laid when the house was built in the 70's I had cavity wall insulation a few years ago. I do have several fanlight windows open just a little 24/7 upstairs and the patio doors open 1/2" during the day
My leccy bill will drop as I don't keep tropical fish any longer - too much hassle at my age then the leccy went sky high and with 380w of lighting and 2 x 200w heaters plus pumps and filters my leccy should drop a lot.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
@Pete.8 I would suggest you look into increasing the level of insulation in your loft and whether or not you can still get any Council help with the cost. Modern insulation is far better than the old stuff and less dusty/fibre loss.
Thanks @Lizzie27 Yes I know... I did start rolling out much thicker insulation a few years ago and put loft-boards over it, but that was only about 1/3 of the loft.
I'm hoping the gov't/council will will come up with a new scheme to help with the cost. My neighbour had his done a few weeks ago - just under £1000 The wall insulation was free, but they took one look in my loft and said 'no way!' it was overflowing with stuff I've since had a major clear out.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
@Pete.8 - do you not have a frost setting on your rads, for the bedrooms you're not using? It [your bill] does seem hideously expensive. I've not had the heating on in my bedroom at all since last winter. It's only in the last few days I've even had it on the frost setting, just because we've had overnight temps getting close to, or at, frost levels. This house is well insulated though, and not open plan, or with large rooms. That definitely makes a difference. It's 15 degrees in the lounge just now, but I have a fleece on [as usual] and we use throws etc to keep warm. I'm hoping to see a difference in the usage when I do a reading next week. It helps when there's been such mild weather though. Every cloud and all that....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I simply couldn't afford that.
I'm guessing you don't use gas.
I keep a record of my usage based on using the same amount of gas/leccy
What I paid in 2018 compared with what I'm paying as of Oct 2022
So it's jumped from £1520 in 2018 to £4,594 in 2022
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I kept the amounts used at 2015 levels so I could compare like for like each year.
I've just checked and according to BG I now use more.. is that a lot..?
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
It's a typical 3 bed semi that I've recently extended back and front.
I know my boiler is oversized at 42Kw (combi) but I chose that so I get good shower pressure without a pump.
Downstairs I have wet underfloor heating in the 10ft extension which comfortably warms the rest of the existing lounge and dining room - about 21c during the day.
The rest of the downstairs is about 19C
I've got 1 rad in the kitchen, 1 in the hall and 1 in the wc/shower
Upstairs 1 rad in the bathroom and 1 rad in my bedroom set low.
The other 2 bedrooms I leave the rads on 1 so they're barely heated.
The only gas I use for cooking is a single wok burner.
My loft has about 2" of insulation probably laid when the house was built in the 70's
I had cavity wall insulation a few years ago.
I do have several fanlight windows open just a little 24/7 upstairs and the patio doors open 1/2" during the day
My leccy bill will drop as I don't keep tropical fish any longer - too much hassle at my age then the leccy went sky high and with 380w of lighting and 2 x 200w heaters plus pumps and filters my leccy should drop a lot.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Modern insulation is far better than the old stuff and less dusty/fibre loss.
Yes I know... I did start rolling out much thicker insulation a few years ago and put loft-boards over it, but that was only about 1/3 of the loft.
I'm hoping the gov't/council will will come up with a new scheme to help with the cost.
My neighbour had his done a few weeks ago - just under £1000
The wall insulation was free, but they took one look in my loft and said 'no way!' it was overflowing with stuff
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I've not had the heating on in my bedroom at all since last winter. It's only in the last few days I've even had it on the frost setting, just because we've had overnight temps getting close to, or at, frost levels.
This house is well insulated though, and not open plan, or with large rooms. That definitely makes a difference. It's 15 degrees in the lounge just now, but I have a fleece on [as usual] and we use throws etc to keep warm. I'm hoping to see a difference in the usage when I do a reading next week.
It helps when there's been such mild weather though. Every cloud and all that....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...